Kingdom of Montenegro

Montenegro (1516-1918) was a prince-bishopric, principality, and later a kingdom located in the Balkans. Autonomous under the Ottoman Empire, it was an ethnic Serbian state that had Moralism as its religion.

History
Montenegro was originally ruled by prince-bishops of Orthodox Christian faith under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, but in 1852 became a principality. In 1836 it had a protectionist trade policy, state capitalist economic policy, moralist religious policy, residency citizenship policy, and pro-military war policy. 86.62% of the people were for Jingoism. It had no minimum wage, a limited work day, no safety regulations, no subsidies, no pensions, no health care, outlawed slavery, an appointed upper house, a first past the post voting system, allowed public meetings, state press rights, only underground political parties, and outlawed trade unions. It was 58% Conservative, 30% Liberal, and 12% Reactionary. It had 26,000 people.

On 18 August 1836 Montenegro forged an alliance with the Austrian Empire to the north, as it had only the 3,000-strong Army of the Prince-Bishop that was weak and inexperienced to defend itself. It had many regions around it to claim as casus belli, such as the Ottoman Albania and the Austrian Dalmatia. Soon, the country became 100% conservative and it had a population decrease, and unlimited work days. Because of its economic crisis, it loaned money from the United Kingdom and planned to ally with the Kingdom of Serbia against the Ottoman Empire when diplomacy to form an alliance failed. They also formed an alliance with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy.

On 21 October 1840, a cholera outbreak occurred in Cetinje Province, the only province of Montenegro, raging for three days. On 4 March 1841, after many failed attempts at gaining alliances with France, Austria, and other countries, Montenegro set out to achieve its ultimate goal: the capture of Ottoman Montenegro. Its 3,000-strong Army of the Prince-Bishop was destroyed in the battle of Cetinje and their independence was ended.

They only gained independence again in 1877 after the 12th Russo-Turkish War, and had a capital at Podgorica. Montenegro became a large kingdom, but still had a weak army. In World War I, they fought against Austria-Hungary to aid Serbia but survived the onslaught. In 1918 Montenegro joined Yugoslavia's union.